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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Jun Kosako, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Enami, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuko Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Kamekura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Miyakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Miyo Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Kosako, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Enami, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuko Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Kamekura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Miyakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Miyo Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print control unit causes a secondary-transfer control unit to move a secondary transfer unit apart from an intermediate transfer member, causes a direct-transfer control unit to cause a black image forming unit to form a black image and transfer the black image onto a transfer sheet being conveyed along a conveying path, and causes a positional-alignment control unit to perform positional alignment.